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POWELL, Samuel Thomas
(Service number 62882)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Sapper

Birth

Date 29/10/1874 Place of Birth England

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment St Andrews, South Canterbury
Occupation Fishmonger
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs C. A. BRADFORD (sister), care of A.M.P., Townsville, Queensland, Australia; Mrs F. L. Tait (friend), St Andrews, South Canterbury
Religion Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 34th Reinforcements, Specialist Company
Date 8 February 1918
Transport Ulimaroa
Embarked From Destination Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Engineers

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 26 August 1947 Age 72 years
Place of Death Fairlie
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference Services Section, Row 102, Plot 19
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Samuel thomas Powell was a fishmonger living in Timaru when he was called up in 1917.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 December 2016]

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